Students who choose the Advanced Manufacturing Systems option learn basic milling and turning operations, CNC programming, welding, casting, metal-forming, materials technology, and heat treating processes. Advanced courses include lean systems, project management, manufacturing automation, and manufacturing costs and controls. This program option culminates in a project during which students demonstrate their breadth of manufacturing knowledge by manufacturing a product, from its original paper design, through all the required processes, to a final part or assembly of parts. Graduates of this program can function as manufacturing engineering technicians, CNC programmers, materials science technicians, machine setup technicians, process specialists, quality technicians, or industrial mechanics.